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The Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1962: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on October 23, 1962Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 October 1962403,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 23, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
403,238 km250,561 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1962 is on Saturday, October 13, 1962 at 12:33 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 28, 1962 at 13:05 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 20, 196208:47
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 28, 196213:05

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Tuesday, October 23, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 1962 to the new moon of October 28, 1962, a cycle of 29.73 days.